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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *   Author:  Juergen Pfeifer, 1995,1997                                    *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/***************************************************************************
+* Module m_item_val                                                        *
+* Set and get menus item values                                            *
+***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "menu.priv.h"
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: m_item_val.c,v 1.14 2004/12/11 23:29:34 tom Exp $")
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnmenu  
+|   Function      :  int set_item_value(ITEM *item, int value)
+|   
+|   Description   :  Programmatically set the item's selection value. This is
+|                    only allowed if the item is selectable at all and if
+|                    it is not connected to a single-valued menu.
+|                    If the item is connected to a posted menu, the menu
+|                    will be redisplayed.  
+|
+|   Return Values :  E_OK              - success
+|                    E_REQUEST_DENIED  - not selectable or single valued menu
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+set_item_value(ITEM * item, bool value)
+{
+  MENU *menu;
+
+  T((T_CALLED("set_item_value(%p,%d)"), item, value));
+  if (item)
+    {
+      menu = item->imenu;
+
+      if ((!(item->opt & O_SELECTABLE)) ||
+	  (menu && (menu->opt & O_ONEVALUE)))
+	RETURN(E_REQUEST_DENIED);
+
+      if (item->value ^ value)
+	{
+	  item->value = value ? TRUE : FALSE;
+	  if (menu)
+	    {
+	      if (menu->status & _POSTED)
+		{
+		  Move_And_Post_Item(menu, item);
+		  _nc_Show_Menu(menu);
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+  else
+    _nc_Default_Item.value = value;
+
+  RETURN(E_OK);
+}
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnmenu  
+|   Function      :  bool item_value(const ITEM *item)
+|   
+|   Description   :  Return the selection value of the item
+|
+|   Return Values :  TRUE   - if item is selected
+|                    FALSE  - if item is not selected
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(bool)
+item_value(const ITEM * item)
+{
+  T((T_CALLED("item_value(%p)"), item));
+  returnBool((Normalize_Item(item)->value) ? TRUE : FALSE);
+}
+
+/* m_item_val.c ends here */